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📰 Headline Highlights

• Heathrow warns of second day of disruption after cyber-attack

  • Major European airports work to restore services after cyberattack on check-in systems

• FBI warns of cybercriminals using fake FBI crime reporting portals

• Inside the Jaguar Land Rover hack: stalled smart factories, outsourced cybersecurity and supply chain woes

  • Jaguar Land Rover extends shutdown again following cyberattack

• App for outing Charlie Kirk’s critics leaked its users’ personal data

• Iranian Hacking Group Nimbus Manticore Expands European Targeting

• Casino company Boyd Gaming hacked, employee data stolen

• Callous crims break into preschool network, publish toddlers' data

• VOLVO NORTH AMERICA DISCLOSED A DATA BREACH FOLLOWING A RANSOMWARE ATTACK ON IT PROVIDER MILJÖDATA

• Auto Insurance Platform Exposed Over 5 Million Records Including Documents Containing PII

• Ransomware attack on Ohio county impacts over 45,000 residents, employees

In other news, How Russian-funded fake news network aims to disrupt election in Europe - BBC investigation

GOOD READ: Record-Breaking DDoS Attack Peaks at 22 Tbps and 10 Bpps

This week, we encountered numerous significant cybersecurity news events that posed challenges in compiling our Headline Highlights. However, we found it relatively straightforward to create our TWA. Notably, we observed that many of these cybersecurity issues could have been mitigated with enhanced security measures.

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Glossary/Legend:

• Personal Identifier - A unique word or phrase shared exclusively with an individual or a group, serving as a means of identification and affirmation within the established relationship. It is recommended that 2 or more Personal Identifiers be established per person.

• Cyberattack - A malicious attempt to gain unauthorized access to a computer system, network, or device. The goal of a cyberattack is to disrupt or damage the target, or to steal data, intellectual property, or money.

• Malware (short for malicious software) - refers to any intrusive software developed by cybercriminals (often called hackers) to steal data and damage or destroy computers and computer systems.

• Ransomware - A type of malware that locks or encrypts a victim's files and demands a ransom payment to unlock and decrypt them. Ransomware can infect a variety of devices, including computers, smartphones, printers, and more.

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